The letter “Why do millions want to come to U.S.?” (March 7, TribLive) written in response to the letter “Finland, Norway more attractive than U.S.” (Feb. 25, TribLive) misses the point : It argues ...
Dino Drudi claims (letter, November 25th) that Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the Western Hemisphere “galvanized Europe in a way that led to emigration, commerce, and colonization.” What Drudi ...
Totally agree with last Saturday’s column, “College is meant to challenge students.” Alexandra Middlewood is a professor who points out that college’s “central mission is to expand knowledge, foster ...
Today, the world is changing rapidly more so than ever before with disruptive technological developments, climate change, deepening inequities in the society and persisting conflict. These forces ...
Teachers, in general, want high performance from students. Their expectations, at times, are unrealistic, and students feel stressed trying to meet them. This is how perfection becomes pressure, and ...
No, not me. I’m White. When I grew up in the 1960s in Perry Township, there were no people of color at Perry High School — students or teachers. Being White, with no interaction with Black people, I ...
Readers respond to an article by Gary Nunn who says learning Spanish has never been cooler Gary Nunn misses the point of language learning in seeing it as a numbers game (Spanish is clearly now the ...
I'm writing to acknowledge the importance of an issue that concerns me. I recently did a research project for my high school civics class about gun violence in the United States. This has been a topic ...
I’m a history guy. I love learning about what happened and why. Every morning I do a quick scan of the E-R’s front page. My next stop is page two where I start with Today in History and the list of ...
After back-to-back winter weather storms, school districts say they have reached out to state legislators to request the option to allocate additional remote learning days.On Saturday, leaders with ...
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Across the Triad, crews are still cleaning up from the last two winter storms. Are the roads safe enough to bus kids to school? It is a question all district leaders ...